Introduction

'Odroid' is a project dedicated to delivering mobile entertainment devices with Android. HardKernel is currently selling the Odroid devices to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public (end-users) as soon as the software is more developed.

The 'Odroid' is a sleek, handheld development platform that enables Integrators, Developers and OEMs to create customized applications and Android environmet.

Developers and OEMs can buy the 'Odroid Developer Edition' NOW with Android 1.5-R3 and then download FREE firmware updates in the future.

Please note that the 'Odroid' is a development platform and its specifications are subject to change without notice and it may include Beta and Pre-Release software. As such it is not designed for end-users.

Hardware Information

Android Platform Development for ODROID

The Free Your Odroid mission allows users to customize their mobile entertainment platform to meet their needs, modify existing software, and create or install any additional software. With Android, Odroid members are working on a stable system services software back-end; Odroid is a collaboration platform for open source and open discussion software projects working on interoperability and shared technology. This evolving Android platform will be used in forthcoming Odroid distributions as well.

The ODROID Platform is composed of 3 major components: the boot loader, the linux kernel and the Android system.

In this case the ODROID is the first line shown above. Pay attention to the first ID hex code part '''"18d1"'''.

That id is used in the following steps to identify this device.
Create a new file (as root)
<code>
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
</code>
with the following content
<code>
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"
</code>

Make sure that the text after {idVendor} is the same as the device id found when using the lsusb command. Save and exit the editor.